The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Classic Dusty

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If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you would know that the late, great Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) is one of my all-time favorite ...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

What This Moment Feels Like in Minnesota

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This past Sunday, February 15, my friend Dave and I walked along the Mississippi River from the Franklin Avenue Bridge to the Lake Street-...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

A Rare Alignment

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Project Nightfall is a Facebook group dedicated to philanthropy. I appreciate the following words shared by the group earlier today. ___...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Genny Harrison on Brian Tyler Cohen’s Interview with Obama: “A Careful Meditation That Comforts More Than It Challenges”

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. . . and “in a moment defined by aggressive use of power, comfort is not resistance.” I appreciate Genny Harrison ’s analysis and criti...
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Sunday, February 15, 2026

“A Blatant Call by the U.S. Empire to Resuscitate Western Colonialism”

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T his is insane. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio just gave one of the most explicitly pro-colonialist speeches I have seen in the 21...
Friday, February 13, 2026

What Does It Really Take to Build a Rebellion?

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What does it really take to build a rebellion? . . . That’s the question posed by Kapil of Show Me the Meaning , a podcast dedicated to “e...

“It’s All Lies and Propaganda”

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Twin Cities resident Corey Magstadt shared the following on Facebook today in response to yesterday's press conference by Tom Holman (...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

The North Remembers

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The following statement was released earlier today by the Minnesota Indivisible Alliance. ________________ T en weeks. And we’re stil...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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